Scapegoating

It’s Hard for Americans to Engage in China-Bashing Without Tripping on Contradictions

July 9, 2023 UNAC Editor China, Economics, War and Peace

by Richard Wolff, published on Countercurrents, July 7, 2023 The contradictions of China-bashing in the United States begin with how often it is flat-out untrue. The Wall Street Journal reports that the “Chinese spy” balloon that President Joe Biden shot down with immense patriotic fanfare in February 2023 did not in fact transmit pictures or anything else to China. White House economists[…]

The Entrapment of Julian Assange: The Star Chamber Nears

December 22, 2022 UNAC Editor Political Prisoners, Press Freedom, Whistleblowers

by Ellen E. Taylor, published on Socialist Action, December 18, 2022 On November 28th the New York Times, Der Spiegel, the Guardian, Le Monde and El Pais sent an Open Letter to the world, stating that, “The US government should end its prosecution of Julian Assange for publishing secrets.” This letter is unforgivably late. Julian has been buried alive for over a[…]

Why Wouldn’t Biden Grant Clemency to Leonard Peltier?

February 3, 2022 UNAC Editor Native American Genocide, Political Prisoners, Prisons and Prisoners

By Gustavo A. Maranges and Bill Hackwell, published on Resumen, on February 1, 2022 Last Friday, it became known that the 77-year-old Native American political prisoner Leonard Peltier was sick with COVID-19. Peltier has been in prison for over 46 years, which makes him the oldest political prisoner in the United States. This fact has brought attention to his case,[…]